Many of these actors achieved stardom because of their start in film noir; others, despite it. In any case, at one time or another, sometimes many times, they played cops and robbers, hoodlums and toadies, doomed anti-heroes and femme fatales in one of filmdom’s richest genres. And all of us fans of film noir are richer for that. A tip of the fedora to them all.
CATHY O'DONNELL
Cathy O'Donnell (1923-1970) studied drama at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before embarking on her career on stage and then movies. She was on contract to MGM for her first film, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, playing Wilma Cameron, a high school sweetheart of double amputee. She was loaned out to RKO for one of her most memorable films, Nicholas Ray’ THEY LIVE BY NIGHT (1947) with Farley Granger. Granger and O'Donnell reteamed for the Anthony Mann-directed 1950 noir movie, SIDE STREET. She also appeared in the noirish DETECTIVE STORY with Kirk Douglas.
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